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  2. How to Take Care of Guinea Pigs - AOL

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    Guinea pigs are very active animals and need space to run around. Ensuring that your guinea pigs have the right-sized hutch is essential to their well-being. ... Since guinea pigs are very social ...

  3. Reasons to get a guinea pig that are enough to convince anyone

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    From hay and vegetables to some garden plants and herbs, guinea pigs are herbivores at heart so they only eat plants and plant-based foods. 16. Guinea pigs can help relieve stress

  4. Guinea pig - Wikipedia

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    The guinea pig or domestic guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also known as the cavy or domestic cavy (/ ˈ k eɪ v i / KAY-vee), is a species of rodent belonging to the genus Cavia, family Caviidae. Breeders tend to use the name "cavy" for the animal, but "guinea pig" is more commonly used in scientific and laboratory contexts. [ 1 ]

  5. Rodent - Wikipedia

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    Guinea pigs were popular laboratory animals until the late 20th century; about 2.5 million guinea pigs were used annually in the United States for research in the 1960s, [142] but that total decreased to about 375,000 by the mid-1990s. [143] In 2007, they constituted about 2% of all laboratory animals. [142]

  6. Small mammals as pets - Wikipedia

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    Animals that hunted such pests, such as terriers and cats, were prized. Many small animals kept as household pets are rodents, including: fancy mice, [1] fancy rats, [1] hamsters (golden hamsters and dwarf hamsters), gerbils (Mongolian jirds and duprasi gerbils), common degus, common chinchillas, and guinea pigs (cavies).

  7. Cavia - Wikipedia

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    Cavia is a genus in the subfamily Caviinae that contains the rodents commonly known as the true guinea pigs or cavies. [1] The best-known species in this genus is the domestic guinea pig, Cavia porcellus , a meat animal in South America and a common household pet outside that continent.

  8. Caviidae - Wikipedia

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    Caviidae, the cavy family, is composed of rodents native to South America and includes the domestic guinea pig, wild cavies, and the largest living rodent, the capybara.They are found across South America in open areas from moist savanna to thorn forests or scrub desert.

  9. Greater guinea pig - Wikipedia

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    The greater guinea pig is an herbivore. While this species is considered solitary, they have also been described as colonial without stable social bonds. [9] This species is typically active during the early morning and late afternoon. It has also been reported that they can form hierarchical groups during foraging. [4]